“Taking the name William Chandler and signing on to HMS Sandwich, Lacy became the servant to the ship’s carpenter and learned a good deal about ship construction. In 1763 she took a position as shipwright’s apprentice at the Portsmouth Dockyard. When a local woman suspected Lacy’s secret, Lacy revealed herself to two trusted male friends who insisted, “He is a man-and-a-half to a great many.”
– marinersmuseum.org
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